shell-pop-el

shell-pop.el helps you to use shell easily on Emacs. Only one key action to work.

Installation

You can install shell-pop.el from MELPA and Marmalade
with package.el.

M-x package-install shell-pop

Manual Install

Make sure to place shell-pop.el somewhere in the load-path and add the following lines
to your init file(~/.emacs.d/init.el, ~/.emacs etc).

(add-to-list 'load-path "somewhere")
(require 'shell-pop)

Customization

Use M-x customize-variable RET shell-pop-shell-type RET to customize the shell to use. Four pre-set options are: shell, terminal, ansi-term, and eshell. You can also set your custom shell if you use other configuration.

For terminal and ansi-term options, you can set the underlying shell by customizing shell-pop-term-shell. By default, /bin/bash is used, but you can also use /bin/tcsh, /bin/zsh or others.

Use M-x customize-group RET shell-pop RET to set further options such as hotkey, window height and position.
You can get a full frame layout by setting full to shell-pop-window-position.

After saving the customized values, your .emacs file will be like as follows.

(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
'(shell-pop-default-directory "/Users/kyagi/git")
'(shell-pop-shell-type (quote ("ansi-term""*ansi-term*" (lambdanil (ansi-term shell-pop-term-shell)))))
'(shell-pop-term-shell "/bin/bash")
'(shell-pop-universal-key "C-t")
'(shell-pop-window-height 30)
'(shell-pop-full-span t)
'(shell-pop-window-position "bottom"))